Emotional Freedom Technique (aka "tapping")
What is Energy Psychology and How is it Beneficial?
Energy psychology is a collection of mind-body approaches for understanding and improving human functioning. It focuses on the relationship between thoughts, emotions, sensations, and behaviors, and various energy systems in our bodies that can create health and vitality or can result in illness and emotional distress. Negative events, experiences, and trauma can negatively influence how an individual sees the world, experience emotion and relate to others. When trauma in any form is experienced, our body’s natural reaction is to suppress those negative emotions or sensations because they are uncomfortable. Those emotions become stuck or “blocked” in our bodies energy systems. The Chinese believe that such blockages result in dis-ease – our physical body’s natural reaction to suppressed negative emotions. Energy psychology methods can gently, efficiently and effectively clear these emotions and experiences that seem to be stuck in the body-mind system.
What is Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and How Does it Work?
EFT is the most widely-researched and utilized technique in the energy psychology field. It is a simple, efficient, and effective technique that nearly anyone can use to address a myriad of challenges. Based on the premise of Chinese acupuncture, EFT utilizes the acupuncture points on the body - stimulating those points by tapping with one's fingers instead of using needles – to diminish, dissolve, or neutralize emotional or physical pain. Tapping on those meridian points clears the blocked or stuck energy in our bodies which are then experienced as the neutralization of physical pain, phobias, anxiety, grief, addictions, negative thought patterns, etc.
Once an individual masters this simple technique, it can be used any time there is an occurrence of emotional overwhelm, physical pain or uncomfortable sensations. EFT has the capacity to put healing into one’s own hands, versus having to spend time, money, effort and energy on therapy, medical appointments and interventions, and medication. It’s natural, easy, and effective.
What does an EFT session look like?
EFT sessions are scheduled just like any other therapy session and are typically 55 minutes in length and are a combination of both talking and tapping.
The therapist and the client come up with a list of challenges that need to be addressed. A situation, memory, or feeling is brought up in the form of words, thoughts and/or emotions which are then rated (1-10). The therapist sits across from the client and guides the client to focus on those identified sensations in the body. The therapist taps on specific meridian points on their body while the client models and echoes the therapist’s words and actions. Tapping occurs in this manner until the intensity of those emotions is decreased or neutralized to a manageable level.
What is the Cost?
Private sessions are $95 for adults or $250 for three sessions if paid in advance.
$150 an hour for small groups, conferences, presenting at schools, work settings, retreats, community centers, churches, etc.
Energy psychology is a collection of mind-body approaches for understanding and improving human functioning. It focuses on the relationship between thoughts, emotions, sensations, and behaviors, and various energy systems in our bodies that can create health and vitality or can result in illness and emotional distress. Negative events, experiences, and trauma can negatively influence how an individual sees the world, experience emotion and relate to others. When trauma in any form is experienced, our body’s natural reaction is to suppress those negative emotions or sensations because they are uncomfortable. Those emotions become stuck or “blocked” in our bodies energy systems. The Chinese believe that such blockages result in dis-ease – our physical body’s natural reaction to suppressed negative emotions. Energy psychology methods can gently, efficiently and effectively clear these emotions and experiences that seem to be stuck in the body-mind system.
What is Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) and How Does it Work?
EFT is the most widely-researched and utilized technique in the energy psychology field. It is a simple, efficient, and effective technique that nearly anyone can use to address a myriad of challenges. Based on the premise of Chinese acupuncture, EFT utilizes the acupuncture points on the body - stimulating those points by tapping with one's fingers instead of using needles – to diminish, dissolve, or neutralize emotional or physical pain. Tapping on those meridian points clears the blocked or stuck energy in our bodies which are then experienced as the neutralization of physical pain, phobias, anxiety, grief, addictions, negative thought patterns, etc.
Once an individual masters this simple technique, it can be used any time there is an occurrence of emotional overwhelm, physical pain or uncomfortable sensations. EFT has the capacity to put healing into one’s own hands, versus having to spend time, money, effort and energy on therapy, medical appointments and interventions, and medication. It’s natural, easy, and effective.
What does an EFT session look like?
EFT sessions are scheduled just like any other therapy session and are typically 55 minutes in length and are a combination of both talking and tapping.
The therapist and the client come up with a list of challenges that need to be addressed. A situation, memory, or feeling is brought up in the form of words, thoughts and/or emotions which are then rated (1-10). The therapist sits across from the client and guides the client to focus on those identified sensations in the body. The therapist taps on specific meridian points on their body while the client models and echoes the therapist’s words and actions. Tapping occurs in this manner until the intensity of those emotions is decreased or neutralized to a manageable level.
What is the Cost?
Private sessions are $95 for adults or $250 for three sessions if paid in advance.
$150 an hour for small groups, conferences, presenting at schools, work settings, retreats, community centers, churches, etc.
Services Offered:
Private sessions for adults
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Monthly EFT Demo
I conduct a monthly EFT demo at my office on the first Tuesday of the month, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. for a $20 suggested donation (no one is turned away for inability to pay). Contact me directly for more information or to RSVP! |